Patriots visit London to play Rams

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, and punter Zoltan Mesko appeared on stage during a fan rally NFL event in Trafalgar Square, London, on Oct. 27. The teams will go head-to-head at Wembley Stadium, the former venue of the London 2012 Olympic soccer matches. The last time the Patriots played in the International Series was in 2009 when they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7. Look through more more pictures of the Patriots current trip to London.
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, second from right, and head coach Bill Belichick, third from right, appeared on stage with some players during the fan rally.
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The NFL held a fan event in Trafalgar Square, beneath Nelson's Column, in London to promote the game between the St. Louis Rams and the New England Patriots.
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Cheerleaders for the St Louis Rams performed on stage during an NFL fan rally in Trafalgar Square on Saturday.
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Tom Brady and the Patriots arrived in London to play the St. Louis Rams in the NFL's International Series.
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Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick said that despite beating the Rams for New England's first Super Bowl victory in 2002, the team is concentrating on the present. "It was a great moment for our team and our organization, but in all honesty, we've kind of put that behind us now. We really need to focus on this week's game and obviously everything's different. We just have to focus on the present. We need to play better against these NFC West teams. We haven't done well enough so far so hopefully we can have a different outcome next time."
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Patriots offensive tackle Sebastian Vollmer shared his thoughts about American football’s growth overseas. “I think it’s great. I think when I first started the media coverage wasn’t what it is. I don’t think anything competes with soccer, but I think it’s growing. I think it’s great and bringing the game over here to London, I think it's a great first strep to grow the sport.”
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Punter Zoltan Mesko, originally from Romania, talked about how this game stacked up to other games this season. “I think every game is important, but on a personal level I think it was important so I could see my family from Europe ... It was kind of icing on the cake in that it’s very cool to be here at such an amazing place to play.”
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With next week being a bye week for the Pats, quarterback Tom Brady discussed how crucial this time in the season is to the team. “You look at this game as a very critical point in our season, where if we can just get to 5-3, we feel like we’re at a decent point where we’ve learned a lot from the last eight games, what we do well, we’ve learned things that we don’t do so well, and you can move forward with mental toughness and playing Patriot football kind of the way that we need to the rest of the year when the football season really gets going.”
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